November 2018 Healthy News: Chiropractic for Headache & Vitamin D for Migraine
Headaches are not uncommon! Many Groton headache sufferers attain headache relief with Groton chiropractic care. One in 5 new chiropractic patients come to a chiropractor’s office like Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office because of headache. Headache patients account for a significant part of the chiropractic practice, and that’s true for Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. Chiropractors many times identify and co-manage headache patients with other healthcare providers. (1) Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for cervicogenic headache is written to be quite helpful. For the most benefit, a new study reported that 18 SMT visits compared with 1, 6, and 12 visits, is most effective, lowering cervicogenic headache days by 50%. Compared with slight massage, SMT also created three more cervicogenic headache-free days a month. (2)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about headache and its relieving Groton chiropractic care using the Cox® Technic System.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Vitamin D for Reduced Migraines
It has been proposed that the inflammation and a reduced immune system may play a role in migraine headache. The role of nutrients – vitamin D, vitamin B12, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, and riboflavin - in the supportive care of migraines is said to be therapeutic. (3) A recent study reports that better levels of serum Vitamin D (50 to less than 100 ng/mL) reduces the odds of having a migraine headache by 80% to 83% as opposed to levels below 20 ng/mL. (4) Groton migraine sufferers may want to consider enhancing their Vitamin D status in addition to their Groton chiropractic care plan.
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